پول
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پُول (pūl), see there for more.
Noun
پول • (pul)
Declension
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Descendants
Further reading
- Shaw, Robert Barkley (1880), “پول”, in “Turki-English vocabulary” (chapter 2), in A Sketch of the Turki Language as Spoken in Eastern Turkistan (Káshgar and Yarkand)[1], Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 59
- Jarring, Gunnar (1964), “پول”, in An Eastern Turki-English Dialect Dictionary[2], C.W.K. Gleerup, page 233
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian *pōl, perhaps a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈpuːl/, /ˈpoːl/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰuːl]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰuːl̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰul], [pʰɵl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pūl, pōl |
| Dari reading? | pūl |
| Iranian reading? | pul |
| Tajik reading? | pul, pül |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
پول • (pūl, pōl / pul) (plural پولها (pūl-hā, pōl-hā / pul-hâ), Tajik spelling пул, or пӯл)
- (chiefly Iran) money
- فعلا پول ندارم.
- fe'lan pul na-dâram.
- At the moment, I have no money.
- coin
- (archaic) a coin of inferior value
Derived terms
- بی پول (bi-pul)
- صندوق بینالمللی پول (Sanduq-e Beyn-olmelali-ye Pul, “International Monetary Fund”)
- پول خرد (pul-e xord)
- پول پارو کردن (pul pâru kardan)
- پولدار (puldâr)
- پولکی (pulaki)
- پولی (puli)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: pul
- → English: pul
- → Old East Slavic: пулъ (pulŭ, “a kind of Tatar coin”) (via a Turkic language)
- → Old Georgian: ფოლი (poli)
- Georgian: ფული (puli)
- → Kazakh: пұл (pūl)
- → Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: پووڵ (pûll)
- Northern Kurdish: pûl
- → Old Armenian: փող (pʻoł)
- Armenian: փող (pʻoġ)
- Ottoman Turkish: پول
- → Turkmen: pul
- → Uyghur: پۇل (pul)
- → Uzbek: pul
- → Yaghnobi: пул (pul)
References
Urdu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮 (polla), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*polla).
Noun
پول • (pol) m (Hindi spelling पोल)
- emptiness, meaninglessness
- an excuse
- Synonym: بہانہ
- an excuse
Derived terms
- پول پول (pol pol)
- پول کھلنا
- پول کھولنا
- پولدار
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀤𑁄𑀮𑀻 (padolī), from Sanskrit प्रतोली (pratolī).
Noun
پول • (pol) m (Hindi spelling पोल)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884), “پول”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pōḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pratōlī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press